Author
Seth Godin
2 articles
The Candy Standard: On the Collapse of Intellectual Rigor in Media
The writer reflects on a local reference (Nyangono Du Sud) as a symptom of a broader cultural shift: the normalization of intellectual decline in media. Drawing on Seth Godin's essay on the economics of dumbed-down content, the piece warns against mistaking entertainment for substance and traces how algorithms have accelerated the race to the bottom.
Staff · 17 March 2019
The Candy Diet: On Media Decline and the Collapse of Intellectual Standards
The writer traces the shift from serious, complex media—novels, documentary programming, investigative journalism—to algorithmically-driven clickbait and lowest-common-denominator content. The piece argues that this is not merely about profit-seeking gatekeepers, but a cultural choice to abandon curiosity itself in favor of simplicity, comfort, and easy stimulation.
Staff · 26 March 2018